Genome Sequencing & Analysis Core Resource

The Core Resource Group

Our group is composed of people with various expertise and background (e.g. molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics). We have extensive experience in sequencing technology, including the most recent next-generation sequencing platforms. This multidisciplinarity allows us to provide researchers not only a full service package, from sample prep to analyzed results, but also to help them to taylor the experiment desing and analyses to reach the project's goal.

	Gregory A. Wray Ph.D., Faculty Director, has been Director for about a decade, during which time Core Facility operations have expanded in both scale and scope. Dr. Wray's own research concerns the evolution of genome sequence and function. His research group has carried out several projects based on next-generation sequencing. He brings experience in both molecular and computational methods for analyzing transcription and genomes. email website
	Olivier Fedrigo Ph.D., Associate Director, is responsible for the scientific oversight of the Core Resource. His responsibilities include the day-to-day oversight of the Core Resource, including supervising production runs, optimizing new applications, monitoring project progress to ensure that the scheduled deadlines are met, strategic planning and scientific guidance to researchers regarding project design. Olivier additionally provides bioinformatics training and applications support and assists with the design, development and implementation of analysis pipelines. email website
	Xiaoxia (Jean) Qin Ph.D., Bioinformatician, has extensive experience in providing support in large-scale genomics projects. Her role includes software evaluation, deployment and maintenance, data processing and distribution, primary and secondary data analyses, and analysis pipelines development. She also provides bioinformatics training and applications support for all our sequencing instruments.
	Graham Alexander B.S., Laboratory Technician, is primarily responsible for operations on the Roche© 454™ and PacBio RS™ Instruments, including library preparation, QC, and sequencing runs.
	Nicholas Hoang B.S., Laboratory Technician, is primarily responsible for operations on the Ion Torrent™ and SOLiD 5500XL™ Instruments, including library preparation, QC, and sequencing runs.
	Kaia Quinn B.S., Laboratory Technician, is primarily responsible for operations on the ABI© Capillary Instrument.
	Fangfei Ye B.S., Laboratory Technician, is primarily responsible for operations on the Illumina© and PacBio RS™ Instruments, including library preparation, QC, and sequencing runs.